We are looking into acting this week.
Among my favorite performances in a film is Peter O'toole in Lawrence of Arabia. He is able to communicate everything he feels in a single look. The determination Lawrence (the real person) needed to set out and conquer is ever-present, that is, until he is broken. The event that changes Lawrence is not seen, only alluded to, but the horror and affect of it resonates through O'toole for the remainder of the film.
Is there a performance that resonated with you in a way that transcends a normal movie-going experience?
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My all time favorite movies are anything old . I love Ingrid Bergman and my favorite film with her is The Inn of the Sixth Happiness & Casablanca. I use to love watching Ingrid emotions. I watch one perfomance when Ingrid is a drunk, I couldn't believe it was her. She look so different and played it so well. In The Inn of the Sixth Happiness she plays a pure character, I suppose I am just fascinated when an actor(actress) can switch characters and make them believable.
ReplyDeleteIf you love Ingrid Bergman, you must watch Notorious.
ReplyDeleteRobin Williams in One Hour Photo. His take on the psycho character was so right on and CREEPY! The way he was able to give the character this kind-of mild mannered wolf in sheep's clothing edge was really incredible to me.
ReplyDeleteIts not so much the movies but the actors that make the film memorable. There are actors that are perfect for a part in one movie, and they would fail in another similar movie depending on what the other actors are capable of. One great movie that worked for an actor was silence of the lambs for Anthony Hopkins who was just amazing and scary. Yet he does not do well in any other type of movie. Then there is Al Pacino, with great action and mistery such as "The Recruit" and can pull of some movies other than action but he is hard at holding back his acting, I can tell he likes his characters to explode and be close to danger.
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I really enjoyed Dustin Hoffman in “Rain Man”. Kim Peek, an autistic savant was the inspiration for this film and Dustin Hoffman really made that character of Raymond believable and come to life. He made you feel some empathy for him when he was explaining what he used to sing to his younger brother. Even though his expressions were not very visible you can hear it in his voice along with the story he is telling. I actually wanted him to stay with his brother in the end.
ReplyDeleteI think Johnny Depp in "Sweeny Todd: the demon barber" did a fantastic job. After watching "Pirates" I knew that he could portray creepy and scary roles but to me it was addicting. I do not appreciate movies dealing with buckets of blood and slit throats, even though it was a musical. Depp’s performance was scary, sarcastic and very enjoyable. His body movement and emotions were in coordination with the lyrics and music. There were couple of horrific scenes where I remember that the director used the music and Depp’s facial emotions to portray the horror rather than in action. I think that appealed me to watch the complete movie without closing my eyes all the time. As Captain Jack Sparrow captivated me with his humor, Todd’s revenge and sarcasm was very appealing, entertaining and memorable to me.
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ReplyDeleteWow, I am quite surprised that no one has put Heath Ledger in The Dark Night for one of the best performances so let me. My family and I have always been Batman fans however I was disappointed in Christian Bale's performance in The Dark Night. His role and written dialogue performance often came across as almost cheesy against Ledger's Role. From what I heard, before acting on camera, Heath secluded himself for a few days from the rest of the world in order to really understand and get into the metal state of the "Joker". Overall, his performance was spectacular and there were several parts in the movie where his mental games as the Joker turned the tables to make him seem like the character the audience should be rooting for. One of my favorite movies of all time